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LITTLE LIFFSAVER

Kayleigh Robus, 31, from West Sussex

Putting my little girl to bed, I dropped a few granules straight into her mouth.

‘Yum,’ Imogen, then three, smiled.

Just like me, she suffered from asthma, and the granules were to help her sleep at night.

Although, I think she just thought they were sweets!

Having suffered from asthma since I was five, as soon as she began to show symptoms at the age of two, I took her to the doctor.

Knowing how bad my own can be, I wanted to get it under control as quickly as possible.

Unfortunately, I was diagnosed with brittle asthma around eight years ago, making me more susceptible to attacks.

It’s been hard, but I always hid my condition from Imogen.

Me and my husband Michael, 31, didn’t want her to see how bad it can be.

Sadly though, it meant I couldn’t take her to the likes of Bonfire Night as smoke is a particularly

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